venerdì 1 luglio 2011

Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix English/Italian translation [FINAL-Rev5]

After some months of work, the translation goes to the end.
Everything is translated and every bug was corrected (the chest, crowns, in/out-party bugs and the freeze after the Sora's awakening), so finally I'm ready to publish here everything.

There are some strings that I keep untranslated because they are useless, like the summaries of the story in Theater Mode or some debug messages from the Theater that became unused on the final version of the game. I missed some strings from the Hollow Bastion and the Twilight Town, that honestly I didn't found on the game, so if you find them please report them to me.

As someone asked some weeks ago, I'll release the programs that I used for the translation but note that I developed them quickly and I have no time to create a decent GUI. If you are interested to translate the game I'll be happy to give an help and, after the end of translation, I'll be happy to host here your translations. With the two translations I want to add to the downloads also two patches: the one will enable the Japanese voices to the new scenes that was undubbed when you view the scenes with the English language in Theater mode or when you play the game, and the other will patch some files to enable the Japanese voices when you play to the game, also the character's voices when you fight the enemy. I'm releasing also my unpacker, that can dump over 25.000 files from every edition of Kingdom Hearts 2 (FM, JP, USA, ITA etc etc). This unpacker has also the packer, that take all the files uncompressed and repack them into a new archive, to do some rom hacks or to explore the undergrounds of the game. Be careful with this packer, because with my experiments the game became bugged when I put back to the ISO the KH2.IMG that is equal or bigger than the original file (to avoid this I removed the Lion King's world and the game works well). If you have questions, write here, I'll answer them in a new more detailed/technical post :).

WARNING: This post and the files uploaded are protected from the copyright-free, so any "cut-and-paste", translation or summary of this post without to link clearly the sources and the author will be prosecuted. The re-uploading of any materials downloaded from the links in this post without permission is forbidden. Simply I want to protect my works from the people that copy the works of other peoples.INFO: After this release I shut down the two torrents of the old translation in beta phase. If you like the product, please don't download it, but buy it :) it's the best help to support the Square-Enix. If you want to support also my projects, you can donate me via Paypal

How to use the KH2 Patcher / Come usare KH2 Patcher:
The KH2 Patcher is an universal tool to patch any file for Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix edition (I'm not exluding to support also the other editions in future). To patch the game you need to extract to the same folder the patcher, the patch and the ISO of Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix game from your original copy of the game. Drag the patch file to the patcher and, when the patcher shows you the changelog and the other infos, write into the window the name of the ISO. At this point, after pressing RETURN, the ISO will patch permanently, so be sure to protect all your original copies before to continue.Traduzione: Inserisci in un'unica cartella il programma KH2Patcher, l'ISO di Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix e la patch che si desidera applicare, dopodiché trascina il file della patch nel programma. Nella finestra che si aprirà, specifica il nome dell'ISO del gioco (nel mio esempio KH2FM_JP.iso) e premere INVIO. Attenzione, perché dopo aver confermato il nome del file ISO, il gioco verrà patchato permanentemente, perciò assicuratevi di tenere sempre una copia intatta dei vostri file prima di fare qualunque cambiamento.

Common questions:Why don't you release a patched ISO like the beta?:First: it's illegal. Second I should spend a lot of time to upload 6GB for a patch that will be updated. If I upload an already patched ISO with the rev3, when I'll release an rev04 or 05 you should patch the ISO already patched, so it's better if you dump the ISO from your original copy and do the patching process yourself.Someone says that the Lion King's world is not present in this patch:Fake. Previously I said that with my packer/unpacker, the world of Lion King is not accessible, so I remove it, but I prefer to release a full patched game with everything accessible, so I spent more time to avoid the patching process with my tool (that work, the real problem born when I put back KH2.IMG file).

Common problems:The patcher says "Unable to find the ISO":Try to put your iso into an unit like "C:\" or "D:\PS2_Games". The problem is that the DOS environment doesn't support the file or the folder with spaces (like the folders with the underline "C:\Document and settings\Hi my name is Bob\Documents\Downoad\Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix\).The game become patched but in some worlds, all the texts became "FAKE":Be sure to use an untouched ISO from Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix's game. Sometimes if you get the disc image with different formats (like cue/bin, nrg, imz etc) the patcher will doesn't work, so try to dump in ISO format. It's possible also that you have downloaded (I hope that you did not do this) a modified ISO. Be sure that the MD5 is 1bd351e1df9fc5d783d8318010d17f03 before to continue (more info to redump.org).

"I want to add to the downloads also two patches: the one will enable the Japanese voices to the new scenes that was undubbed when you view the scenes with the English language in Theater mode or when you play the game, and the other will patch some files to enable the Japanese voices when you play to the game, also the character's voices when you fight the enemy"

Just excellent; a complete patch for Final Mix, and new dumping tools to boot! Finally, no more guessing what the Japanese means; I'll just know. Say, did you manage to dub the Riku-Roxas fight, or just sub it?

I'm pretty sure he was just saying after he was experimenting with the packer he cut the Lion King map. So the Lion King hasn't been cut from this patch. Also you are so epic Xeeynamo thank you so much.

Nice! A full translation, and the tools with it to boot! I though this day would never come. :D *bow*@hiimkris0422: I'm guessing you mean a real PS2? Assuming the patched ISO fits on a DVD, you can burn it to play on chipped PS2's or use ESR on softmoded PS2's. There are some other options too, though.

oh so i could just put it on a dvd and patch it with the swap magic thats cool, i think im going to import it and patch it with swap magic probably going to need help with that though unless its super easy lol

For anyone using Google Translate for this site and looking for the English patch, it's the "Italiano" one that you want to download.

Either way, I've been following this site for awhile (checkikng daily) and am so happy to see this finally come through. Thanks so much for your hard work Xeeynamo. I've been waiting for this for YEARS!

Way to go Xeeynamo, thanks so much for doing this. Though, I'm also confused like a lot of people. Is the Lion King world just not in the game, or not translated? Thanks so much for doing this, you rock. :)

@GenG: I don't know, maybe yes. Try :)@Muramasa: It's a good idea but it's a thing very hard to do. I prefeer to patch the game to load the full theater also without the saves from RECOM, but I haven't a save of it to do some test ;(

Thanks for doing this! If you decide to work on other projects (non KH related) maybe you can work on Valkyria Chronicles 3? Since Sega West pretty much said that it isn't being released in the U.S. and that game needs an english translation.

New Issue while playng: during a cutscene just before the 2nd day of Roxas the game freeze (on the sentence "the heartles have great fea of the keyblade"). I can pause the game and skip the scene,but the game hangs in black screen if I do this. During the black screen I've changed the disc with the original japanese one and it moved on to the next cutscen,maintaining the modified subtitles!

i don't think buying the game will be useful1. because it's hard to find on retail stores2.it's ntsc-j incompatible with unhacked european and american systems3.to translate you need to rip the dvd and reburn it translated so you need a hacked ps2 since the original dvd cannot be overwrited

@RoxasXIII Buy buiyng the game and make a Backup of it you will not violate the copyright laws since you have an original copy of the product. I don't say that what you're saying isn't true,but don't buy the game correspond to piracy...

Hey xeeynamo, found another bug. A BIG one for that matter. When you find the...Lingering Spirit(?) in Cave of the Dead: Inner Chamber, all the dialogue for that cutscene is numbers. You also get numbers when you try to examine it. Can this be fixed? I kinda wanna know what that was :c

My bad. I'm guessing it's an Absent Silhouette. It appears right after Demyx runs away during your first trip into Hades in the room where you get the map. If it's not that, it's this weird dark floating object that looks like a book with the Nobody symbol on it. The number that comes up when you examine it is 20166. Hope that helps!

Yes. Another option is pcsx2, but you need a decent computer (dual core at least) and graphics card. My radeon 4650 can run it full speed at native resolution, and those can be found quite cheap these days.

I think I got lucky thus far. I've only encountered the "Fake" error once, and that is during Zexion's fight(Which I can't seem to beat right now. I'm doomed on my level 1 critical playthrough i if I can't even beat him at lvl 16 critical XD). I have, however, noticed a few missing strings and text in the wrong place. Nothing big though. I have sent you a detailed report of everything I see Xeeynamo.

@squallonfireactually i don't like piracy too and i own every game i backup but i have some difficulty to get jp games which can be quite difficult and frustrating i mean xeeynamo and i are italian and those who will use the ita patch are too (but i prefer english) so it can be difficult to get the actual game

@RoxasXIIIHow strong is your computer? I'm personally using PCSX2 0.9.7(Yeah, I know. I need to upgrade =P), but I also have a really good desktop. What all have you tried, and if PCSX2 has given any errors, which ones?

@muramasano it's not as far as i know@shonici meant the patcher says it can't open my iso and i use my beloved ps2 i'm somewhat sick of pc emulation so i get the console or emulate on another platform(wii/psp/ds etc...)

@kh2fan: Received your donation :) THANK YOU!!! I appreciate it very much!

@skoshy: Thank you :) I received also your mails, they are less confusional than the comments here xD. The problem is that I didn't found all the tutorial's pictures, so I can't patch them now >.<@The Wayward Son: Honestly I translated KH2FM only because I wanted to see the game in my language and with a common language, so I'm not interested on other games that aren't KH, I'm sorr@GenG: Mine was a touched iso, sorry but you need of the original KH2FM ISO@Squalloffire: VEEERY strange for the freeze =S I haven't that problem...@saru: JAP Enabler consentirà di avere le voci giapponesi, non altri testi tradotti. Per i numeri sono le stringhe non tradotte, ho bisogno di tempo per tradurre anche quelle, purtroppo dimenticate... Non potevo ricominciare il gioco 100 volte per provare ogni minima cosa >.<@RoxasXIII: 1. Amazon.com, 2. Swap magic, 3. Same as 2. ;)@gledson: Nope, the Disc 2 is totally different from KH2FM. Don't you know that RE:COM was released also in USA?@Zhaxos: No, perchè preferirei che si passasse dal mio sito prima di scaricare la patch, anche per tenere conto di quante persone si sono interessate e del numero di download fatti. Inoltre pubblicherò prossimamente nuove patch, soprattutto per risolvere alcuni errori, quindi non ne varrebbe la pena uppare ogni volta l'ISO in entrambe le lingue :). Cmq strano che si blocchi sull'emu O.o@1UPForever: Hmm... Have you a savegame on that point? However thanks for the help ^^@nickyyy: Bad ISO@kenshen: Same as nickyyy@Anti049: Use Unpacker.bat, take all the txt files from extract folder, place them to the same place of KH2Dumper and do the repack@Shonic: Thank you very much ^^@huramafa: Uhm, strange... Try to rename KH2.IMG into SYS.IMG

@Xeeynamo: I used the "UnpackAll.bat" to unpack, but there are no text (txt) files in the extract folder, or anywhere really.Here's a dir list of the unpacked file: http://www.2shared.com/file/lM5h4c-T/KHDumper_out.html (TXT file in the zip file).I also tried with "Create list.txt" on, but nothing changed.

@Crazycatz: Try to take every 000xx.idx inside the export folder and drag it to the dumper with "create list" enabled, so unpack and surely 000xx.txt will be created. If you have sys.txt and 000tt.txt for example, the game's system and twilight town will be packed, so to pack every world you need to unpack every 000xx.idx.

hey Xeeynamo, im having a problem, it might be just me but when i load the game in my ps2 it goes to the title screen and when i try to start a new game after choosing difficulty and everything it just goes to a black screen and freezes. the same happens when i try to load a game and in theater mode its all translated and when i try to watch a cutscene it just freezes at a black screen too. i created the iso from my kh2fm disk and it when it patches it says without any errors. I tried burning it again on another disk but the same thing happens

@ hiimkris0422 yes I bought the game, created an iso, patched it, and burnt it to a DVD-r. I launched it with swap magic, but I couldn't really get past the title screen of Kh2. I'm not sure what went wrong because it seems to have worked for many people.

@davidk8490: Can you give me the MD5 values of your ISO? And what software do you use to dump the ISO from the disc?@Crazycatz: Found the problem! I did some changes on last-minute, so I break the text thing. I'll reupload a fix version soon ;)

@Xeeynamo The interest thing about that frezze was that it happened in Sora's memories restoration scenes;after that it's working fine.I'm using Esr (ex memento) so I don't know if the problem occurs with the esr patch =S

@Xeeynamo: Glad you found the problem! :)Have the rev3 patch running fine on a custom build version of OPL over SMB (Network; Game is stored on the PC). Gonna move it to the Hard-drive after a little bit. ^^@Squalloffire: A few tips about ESR: Use high-quality DVD-R disks (such as Verbatim [beware, they have knock-offs ><]), burn at about half, or so, of the disks rated speed (If the disk is 16x, burn at 8x), and apply the ESR patch after all other patches (as it changes the filesystem).

@Shadowmat: Purtroppo dovrei ricominciare il gioco solo per arrivare a quella scena :( mi servono o i numeri con relativi screen per poter tradurre oppure direttamente il save...@Crazycats: :D have you downloaded already the new version? What do you think of that dumper?@Zorro3k6: You can use the patched version by me :)

Thanks Xeeynamo. Also, I just want to make sure I have this straight. The Japenabler you're going to make available to us will just enable the Japanese voice acting on the FM exclusive cut scenes, or everything? Also, I heard that the exclusive scenes had English voice acting in 358/2 days. I haven't played it myself, so I don't know. If that's true, will you be adding those to the patch? It's fine either way, I don't mind reading the subtitles. I was just curious.

@Xeeynamo: Extracted fine, with the text files now! ^^Waiting for it to re-pack atm.I found that in "UnpackAll.bat" line "move export\000ej.txt .\" should be "move export\000eh.txt .\", though.So, while I wait, I'm trying to see if I can make the game NOT need the Re:CoM version that comes with it (To enable the Theater mode language choice).

@Xeeynamo: I know the Re: COM was released in the USA, but since playing KH2:FM+ without a JP clear save of Re: COM won't unlock the extra content, would it be too difficult to transfer the english text/voices over to the JP build?

@Xeeynamo: i dont know what it was before, but i made a new iso and patched it with the Rev4 patch and the game started up no problems, i was able to to get past the title screen with no freezes and play it. Thanks so much for the patch and your help :)

@crazycatz thanks for the info,but I already use the Verbatim Dvd-R at minimum speed on a non-laptop PC to be sure that I don't get any error's while burning. For the rest I just have to fine an untouched backup and i'll do it. Aniway,as i said before,by swapping the disk with the original japanes backup the cutscene continue from where it stopped so it's no big deal. Also I've been the only one to have this issue so I think that it is something related to the backup that I have done.

(Whoops, last post had the wrong list)@Xeeynamo: Ok, I got it to re-pack fine. I did tried to patch the game so it always acts as if you have the JP Re:CoM done, but I can't find the function that checks, just where it checks (It reads part of the file, too).And last, I found references to some files that aren't extracted (or extracted as a @noname):"draw/shape.c", "icon.sys" (Maybe; For the save icons), "jm_puzzle/", "kh2.ico" (Maybe; Icon for Profile Save), "kh2sys.ico" (Maybe; Icon for Sys Data Save), "libretto/%s/wm%d.bar", "ovl_gumimenu.x", "ovl_shop.x", "ovl_title.x", "partMng.c", "ryjProg/pppRyjDrawShipoly.c", "ryjProg/pppRyjDrawShipolyBone.c", "ryjProg/pppRyjMegaBirth.c", "ryjProg/pppRyjMegaPlace.c", "zmovie/%s/%s.pss" (Pre-recorded videos)I'm not sure if the .c or .x files would still be there, though. Hope something here helps ;).

Hey, it's so awesome how fast the problems got fixed, however, I'm running into new problems now. I can't seem to patch rev4. I've tried ripping it from my disc a few times and even tried a few I found online, but every time I get the same error:

Patching 2/59Unable to find the internal archive BAADF00D in 1

I even tried switching the priveledges on all files still to no avail. Am I doing something wrong?

Hey thanks for the post man can we expect the theater mode to be in English in the next release? Also random question that I can't seem to find anywhere how do you unlock the other video in the theater mode that shows Xemnas entering a secret lab with what looks like aqua's armor? Thanks again

@mkdms14 The scene occurs during Hollow Bastion(I believe a bit before Goofy dies. Either that, or after). It's the section of Hollow Bastion's story where you go to see Ansem's lab, meet tron, and fight 1000 heartless. You unlock theater mode by beating the game I believe.

Hey Xeeynamo you know the menu trailer? Every sub there says "FAKE" you could just eliminate those subs in the english patch and translate the subs in the italian patch. BTW, why is my theater mode in italian?